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"You're 3 poems far behind,
What are you doing with your life?"

"Oh, I know, I don't know,
I guess I was hoping that life without poetry
Might be just as nice, with a replacement to ease anxiety,
But it wasn't. So that one's on me."

"Of course it is. And don't really think
You can get away with it that easily,
'Cause you can't and you won't and you shouldn't,
Don't break a nice habit that's also a personal challenge,
It's the only healthy thing you are doing."

"Brain, you know you are me,
So lecturing me is just lecturing yourself,
Hmm...Can we consider this self-help?"

"Consider it whatever you want,
Consider it considerate,
Now stop wasting time thinking about silly things
And start writing things down!"

(And the author and brain lived happily ever after)